Overall Oxbridge
#1,144
3 ranked schools · -230 places vs Eng avg #914 of 1,984
Applications
25
Offers
5
Offer rate20.0%
-2.4 pts vs Eng avgEng avg 22.4%
A compact Georgian market town of around ten thousand on the River Stour, Blandford Forum in north Dorset was largely rebuilt to a unified design following a devastating fire in 1731, the work of local architects John and William Bastard.
Bryanston and Durweston, lying immediately north and west, draw families competing for primary catchments. Milton Abbas, a preserved planned village set among rolling downland, is among the most sought-after pockets for school catchments in the wider district. Spetisbury and Shillingstone line the valley beyond. Road links run south to Poole and Bournemouth for rail connections, and north-east to Salisbury.
Area Performance
Across 18 primary, secondary and sixth-form schools, state and independent. The average Find My School Inspection Score is 7.22/10, -0.25 vs England.
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Distribution across all Blandford Forum schools
Blandford Forum vs England distribution
National Rank
Across all ranked Blandford Forum schools
top 55% of 14,978
top 55% of 14,978
top 32% of 3,680
top 32% of 3,680
top 46% of 2,376
top 46% of 2,376
Overall Oxbridge
3 ranked schools · -230 places vs Eng avg #914 of 1,984
Applications
25
Offers
5
Oxford
2 ranked schools · -16 places vs Eng avg #253 of 1,198
Applications
16
Offers
3
Cambridge
2 ranked schools · -570 places vs Eng avg #773 of 1,881
Applications
9
Offers
2
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